DARVO: How to Lose a Debate
Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender
Every skilled debater knows that the easiest way to go off track is to attack your opponent personally rather than the topic …
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Road Arrow
“I’ve lived with the arrow for a while now. I found it unexpectedly, loved it immediately, and carried it home without knowing the full weight of what it was. Once I learned its story, I told myself I was just its caretaker for a time. And yet, time passed…”
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Willow Cozzens: Jeff Co Employee of the Month
Willow is a Food Policy Analyst for the Jefferson County Department of Public Health.
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Next Generation Dream Life
Camille has officially taken over Dream Life Designs, a brand I started over 25 years ago. Her fun and unique sense of style showed itself at a very young age, when each day she dressed herself to the music of Miley Cirus, Destiny’s Child, and Florence and the Machine. She emerged from her room, always
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I’m Living Your Dream Life
My first book, a memoir, debuted in 2002. It was a Cinderella story for this writer—a former newspaper columnist and aspiring author—as I received a contract from the very first publisher to whom I sent the manuscript. The book did so well for McKenna Publishing Group that the agency negotiated five more titles under my
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Dear Joanie …
Dear Joanie,Your brother called while I was planting a garden for you at your home away from home. As he spoke, I heard his flute accompany his gentle voice. He took the red-eye from Sacramento, he said, and the musical tones grew louder. All at once the purples and the yellows of the garden blurred
My $820 Bathroom Remodel
We’ve lived in this old house for 33 years, 10 years full-time. One section is 100 years old. Although there had been updates before our takeover in 1993, we have made it unrecognizable to previous owners and builders. Absent a powder room, the first-floor bathroom serves as the guest bathroom. When our daughters are here,
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Pete n Me/Us
Moments after Pete D’Agostino and I posed for this snapshot, we said goodbye on the corner of Zachary’s Pizza and College Avenue in Rockridge and went our separate ways. Pete headed south while we turned east and waited for the light. Just after he crossed the street, he turned and shouted: “And don’t leave anything
Do Not Shut Down Minocqua Brewing Company
I have followed this political farce since 2020, which started when Kirk Bangstad hung a large Biden for President banner on the side of his previous Minocqua business building.
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